[LIT] Reading and Writing Workshop in 1 Class Period

[Heather Poland]

I also teach workshop style in 1 50 or 55 min. class period. I tried having
2 days of readers workshop and 2 days of writers workshop, but that just
didn't work for me. What has worked for me is at the beginning of a unit, I
focus only on the reading and slowly put in some writing days and slowly
fade the reading part out. So by the end of the unit we are only doing
writing. At the middle of the unit we do part reading and part writing. This
has worked well for me.

This year I'm having a heavier focus on writing so when we read, we will
read with the lens of a writer.

On 7/30/06, Maya Woodall <mayapapaya at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> A few years back I used to teach in a block of 90 minutes and teaching
> both
> writing and reading was a bit easier to do.  I could facilitate both a
> reading workshop and a writing workshop format on most days (mini-lesson,
> workshop time, and author's/reader's chair).  Now, though, I have one
> class
> period to teach the reading and writing standards for language arts.  What
> I
> wonder is for those of you who teach in a workshop format to middle
> schoolers in one class period covering language arts and reading, how do
> you
> structure it?  Do you try to integrate the two subjects each day?  Do you
> do
> reader's workshop a few days per week and writer's workshop the other
> days?
> Have you found references or resources that are helpful in doing this?
>
>
>
> Also, I teach gifted students.  If any of you on this list do
> reader's/writer's workshop in a gifted setting, please email me.  I would
> love to exchange ideas.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Maya Woodall
>
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